India, May 9 -- Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has lamented accomplished and acclaimed actors in the Hindi film industry being put in a box over the years, and relegated to mid and small-budget films. In a new interview, the actor said that acclaimed actors like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Irrfan, and Manoj Bajpayee were never cast as leads of big-budget films, even though the audience wanted to see them.

In an interview with Pinkvilla, Nawazuddin spoke about the GOAT actors of the Hindi film industry and said, "From Naseer sahab (Naseeruddin Shah) to Om Puri, then Pankaj Kapur and Irrfan Khan and Manoj Bajpayee; these are the greatest actors of our film industry. But unfortunately, nobody thought about making a big-budget film with them as le...